July 26, 1919 - March 31, 2023
Our precious and loving mother passed away peacefully at the age of 103. Marion was born to hard working homesteading parents in Kinistino, Saskatchewan and was the third of nine children.
As a young adult she worked at the Co-op in Saskatoon and then travelled with a friend to Victoria where she worked at the Victoria library.
She met our Dad (Frank Crowther) and they married in 1949, and together they raised a family of six children in Langford and Happy Valley. Always loving to dance, she and Dad danced through 65 years of marriage until Dad's death in 2014.
As always, her faith carried her through and she continued to live at the Seniors Village in Courtenay where she was proud to have danced at a friend's 103rd birthday party the week before she passed.
Mom wrote and recited poetry including a new poem that she memorized and recited at her 100th birthday. Mom gave generously to charities and maintained an endless bowl of treats for her friends and care aide friends. Mom loved family celebrations and will be so missed each time we gather.
Predeceased by her husband Frank and his siblings, her brothers Tom, Bernie, Frank, Gerald and sisters Rita, Teresa, Margie and their spouses.
She leaves behind her sister Kathleen (Armand) Jutras, daughters Lynn (Peter) Staton, Peggy (George) Colegrave, and Betty Crowther (Gary Friedy), sons Ron (Daphne) Crowther, Doug (Karen) Crowther, and Bill (Fumi) Crowther, 13 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
The family would like to thank Mom's special friends Karen and Brock Berg, Cherie and all the Comox Valley Seniors care aides, and Doctor Janet Green. Kudos also to the staff at Comox Valley hospital for providing such great care in her final days.
Funeral mass to be celebrated at noon on Friday April 21, 2023 at Christ The King Catholic Church, 1599 Tunner Drive, Courtenay, BC. Reception to follow. A burial and celebration of life will be scheduled in Victoria in August.
In lieu of flowers a donation to L'Arche Comox Valley, 100-1465 Grieve Avenue, Courtenay, BC, V9N 2W1 would be greatly appreciated.